- —Koopa Troopa
Koopa Troopas are antagonists from the Super Mario series. One appeared in the fourth episode of Death Battle, Goomba VS Koopa, where he fought against fellow Super Mario enemy Goomba.
History
The Koopa Troopas are the foot soldiers and main representatives of the notorious Koopa Troop, led by the villainous Koopa King, Bowser. Each come in many different colors and variants, and are commonly seen around the Mushroom Kingdom, whether it be serving the Koopa King, go-kart racing, or even assisting Mario on some of his adventures. The Koopas have aided their king on countless attempts at conquering the Kingdom, and while they have yet to succeed, the Koopas' will is just as resilient as their shells. So willing in fact, that they would bravely march off a cliff in their king's name.
Death Battle Info
Paratroopa Wings
- Enables slow flight
- Decent aerial control
- Easily clipped
- Not exactly the best flyers
Other Skills
- Various Sports
- Running Banks
- Creating seaside resorts
- Go-Kart Racing
- Ruining safaris
- Forming lame gangs
Koopa Shell
- Extremely durable
- Withstand over 200 lbs.
- Demolishes anything that is destructible
- Bounces off walls
- Comes in a variety of collectible colors
Cameo Appearances
A Koopa Troopa made a small cameo during Yoshi VS Riptor, where Yoshi runs into one while fleeing from Riptor, eats him and uses his shell as a projectile against his opponent, who tail swipes the shell away.
Some Koopa Troopas made a cameo in Bowser VS Ganon, where they are killed by Ganondorf in Bowser's Castle.
Koopa Troopas appeared alongside other minor Mario and Kirby enemies in the audience of Wario VS King Dedede.
The Koopa Troopa from the events of the Goomba VS Koopa II DBX can be seen within one of the crystals in the Crack of Time, where Xeno Trunks tried to finish off Archie Silver near the end of Trunks VS Silver.
DBX
For an article covering Koopa's appearance in DBX, visit the DBX Wiki.
Some Red Paratroopas made cameo appearances in the 28th episode of DBX, Mario VS Luigi, where they were celebrating Bowser Jr.'s birthday.
A Koopa later appeared in the 95th episode and Season 6 Finale, Goomba VS Koopa 2, where he fought against his Death Battle opponent, Goomba, and won.
Gallery
Appearance
Arsenal and Abilities
Trivia
- Koopa Troopa and his opponent are the second and third Nintendo characters to appear, after Samus Aran, and with the next 24 being Yoshi, Mario, Princess Zelda, Princess Peach, Link, Pikachu, Fox McCloud, Luigi, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Red, Bowser, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Lucario, Pit, Wario, King Dedede, Captain Falcon, Machamp, and Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd.
- They are the first and second Nintendo characters to lose, with the next twelve being Mario, Princess Zelda, Pikachu, Luigi, Venusaur, Charizard, Red, Bowser, Pit, Wario, Ganondorf, and Link.
- They are the first and second Mario characters to appear, with the next seven being Yoshi, Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and Wario.
- Koopa Troopa and his opponent are the first and second combatants that are both a species and an individual, with the next 13 being Yoshi, Riptor, Pikachu, The Terminator, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Fulgore, Agumon, Lucario, Renamon, Machamp, and The Predator.
- Koopa Troopa is the first turtle to appear, with the next seven being Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Blastoise, Gamera, and Bowser.
- Koopa Troopa is the first combatant to die by melting in lava/magma, with the next two being Darth Vader and Geese Howard.